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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil;
- Example: "devilish schemes"
- Example: "the cold calculation and diabolic art of some statesmen"
- Example: "the diabolical expression on his face"
- Example: "a mephistophelian glint in his eye"
[syn: devilish, diabolic, diabolical, mephistophelian, mephistophelean]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mephistophelean \Meph`is*to*phe"le*an\, Mephistophelian
\Meph`is*to*phe"li*an\(? or ?), prop. a.
   Pertaining to, or resembling, the devil Mephistopheles, "a
   crafty, scoffing, relentless fiend;" devilish in character or
   aspect; crafty; showing cunning or ingenuity or wickedness;
   as, a mephistophelean glint in his eye.

   Syn: devilish, diabolic, diabolical, mephistophelean.
        [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

mephistophelean
    adj 1: showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of
           a devil; "devilish schemes"; "the cold calculation and
           diabolic art of some statesmen"; "the diabolical
           expression on his face"; "a mephistophelian glint in his
           eye" [syn: devilish, diabolic, diabolical,
           mephistophelian, mephistophelean]